Men of Honour (37 page)
Winter, Jay,
Sites of Memory, The Great War in European Cultural History
(Cambridge, 1995)
Wordsworth, Jonathan, Abrams, M.H. and Gill, Stephen, (eds.)
William Wordsworth, The Prelude 1799, 1805, 1850
(New York and London 1979)
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Achille
10, 88, 229, 288-90, 309
Achilles 6, 7, 206
Acton, Sir John 232
Addington, Henry 115
Africa
4, 269, 270, 280, 298, 299
Africaine
152-3
Agamemnon
280
Aigle
19, 229
Albarracin, Pedro 293
Albion Steam Mill 67
Aldred, Ebenezer xiv
Alexander the Great 237
Algésiras
229, 257, 258
Amazon
55, 290
American War of Independence 20, 23
Amphion
120
Argonauta
293, 310
Argonaute
305
Atkinson, Master Thomas 138-9
Atlas Maritimo de España
86-7
Aurora
232
Austen, Francis 119-20, 150
Austen, Jane 5, 140, 172
Austerlitz, Battle of, 84
Authentic Narrative
(Beatty) 271
Badcock, William 25, 201
Bahama
304, 306-7, 310, 311
Ball, Sir Alexander 84, 151, 152, 155, 234-5
Barbados 80-1
Barbaro, Sánchez 12
Barham, Lord 24, 59, 68-9, 70, 72-, 79, 89, 185, 187, 188
Battle of the Saints 180, 181
Bayntun, Captain Henry 51, 86, 87, 131, 132, 133-7, 147, 155, 228, 279, 280, 309
Beatty, John 88
Beatty, William 254, 255, 256, 264, 265, 267-8, 271, 274, 282
Beaufort, Captain Francis 70
Beaver
121
Beckford, William 252
Beechey, Sir William 171
Belleisle
10, 51, 90, 160, 162-3, 204, 215, 225, 226, 228-9, 230, 257, 262, 289, 292, 293, 305, 306
Bellerophon
87, 89, 93, 282
Berry, Captain Sir Edward 95, 96, 280
Berwick
10, 311
Bickerton, Sir Richard 88
Blackwood, Henry 50-1, 91, 92, 128, 149, 155-6, 233, 294, 297, 304, 312
Blake, William xix-xxi
âBlind Sailor, The' 39-40
boldness:
British officer's individual encouragement to excel promotes 184-9
definition of 157
18th Century idea of hero clashes with 164-71
line of battle and 175-84
Nelson's 190-201, 203-4
19th Century idea of hero promotes 169-75
Trafalgar, presence at 157, 161-4, 190-201, 203-6
Bonaparte, Napoleon 73, 190, 285
aggression 33
Army, gives priority to 84
Dumanoir, opinion of 282
forbids Villeneuve to inform his captains of French Grand Strategy 45
Grand Strategy 45, 75, 76, 77, 81, 85
Louvre, gathers masterpieces inside 19
âmanoeuvre sur la derrière', adopts 75
on France making war in the name of principles 30
rise to power 23
systematises military 34
Villeneuve, relationship with 45, 47, 85, 86
Waterloo 314
Boreas
233
Boscawen, Admiral 177
Boswell, James 68
Boulton, Matthew 67
Britannia
198, 275, 280, 281, 298, 304
British Admiralty 20-1, 23, 54, 59, 79, 84, 88, 89, 112, 131, 137, 147, 181, 186, 202, 232, 256
British Treasury 21-2, 42
Brothers, Richard xiii
Brown, John 50
Bucentaure
4, 19, 46, 85-6, 93, 94, 241, 242, 244-5, 268, 269, 277-8, 304
Bulkeley, Richard xvi, 266
Bullen, Captain Charles 275
Burke, Edmund 39, 45-6, 108, 123, 174-5, 239, 251, 265-6, 266, 270, 314
Byng, Admiral John 168, 169, 170, 177
Byron, Lord 236
Ãa Ira
101, 105
Calder, Sir Robert 85, 86, 92, 185-6, 187, 188-9
Canopus
90, 119, 120
Cape Finisterre 79, 85, 185
Cape St Vincent, Battle of 72, 79, 104, 183, 185, 190, 236
Captain
183
Carter, Rear Admiral Richard 57-8
Caunant, Jeannette 289
Centaur
138
Chevalier, Henry 274
chivalry, British officers sense of 122-7
Christian Knights 28
Churruca, Don Cosme 93-4, 95, 277
Cicero 285
Cisneros, Bernardo Hidalgo 17, 270
Claret, Charles 34
Cobbett, William 70-1
Codrington, Captain Edward 51, 188, 280, 281, 304, 306-7
Coleridge, Bernard 99
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 51-2, 61-2, 84, 115-16, 130, 150-1, 194, 234, 236, 238, 243
Colley, Linda 174
Collingwood, Edward 262
Collingwood, Lord, 89, 240, 288
burial in St Paul's 276
Cadiz blockade 86, 87
complains Nelson is signalling too much 129
Duff, relationship with 148
on naval intelligence 90
TRAFALGAR
breaks through middle of Spanish fleet 183
calculates pre-battle will not signify 162
courage 160, 215
first battle between division and rear of Combined Fleet 217, 219, 228-9, 244, 279-80
flagship alone amongst enemy 160
heroism 215
leads southerly column 157
Nelson gives complete command of lee division 196
Nelson orders line to attack 197
Nelson, opinion of 242, 243
Nelson's death, reaction to 293
personality 187-8
prize money, capture and release of 299, 304, 308
recalls ships chasing prizes 283
reflections on effectiveness of battle strategy 242
relationship with captains 187-8, 275
reluctance to criticise officers post-battle 275
Santa Ana
, fight with 219, 220, 221-2, 224-5, 226
storm, reaction to 300-1, 304, 308, 309
suggested to take over command of fleet after death of Nelson 270
Combined Fleet 186
approach to battle 160, 241
Cadiz, Duff watches in 148, 198
casualties, Trafalgar 9-10, 220-1, 287-8, 302, 303
Churruca forsees Villeneuve's tactical mistakes 94-5
Council of War 8-9
deficiency of guns 162, 248
despair at beginning of battle 9-10
first shots fired 162
lack of sailors 10, 87
low morale 230
moment of contact with British
161
, 217-19, 229
mutual contempt between French and Spanish officers 8-9
number of ships 8
poor state of 8
ships surrender 265, 268-9
tactical failures 48
view British with fear and contempt 11
Congreve, Colonel William 247
Conqueror
198, 268, 269, 288, 292
Cook, James 17
Cook, Thomas 49, 230, 298
Cooke, John 88, 89
Copenhagen, Battle of xi, 190, 291
Corbett, Captain Robert 152-3, 195-6
Cornwallis, Admiral 24, 74, 87-8
Council of War, Cadiz 8-9
Dalrymple, William 294, 295, 300
Davies, Lieutenant Will 88
Davison, Alexander 81
de Alava, Vice-Admiral don Ignacio Maria 17
de Coulomb, Marquis 67
de Quincey, Thomas 315, 316
Death of Nelson
(Devis) 273-5
Death of Wolfe
(West) 253, 272
Decrès, Denis 15, 47, 77, 85
Defence
289, 304
Defiance
229
Devis, Arthur William 273
Digby, Henry 5, 269
Dolphin
xvi, 266
Donegal
90, 311
Douglas, Captain 175
Drake, Francis 116
Dreadnought
186, 198, 304
Duff, Captain George 148, 155, 229, 230, 294-7, 302
Duff, Norwich 155, 294-6, 297
Duff, Sophia 294, 295-7
Dumanoir, Admiral Pierre le Pelley 95, 277-8, 282-3
Edward III, King 124
Egypt 78
England:
appreciation of Navy within 70-2
consensual tax culture 40-1
drinking culture 38
Fremantle's love of 206
gambling culture 36-7
grieves for Nelson 314-15
growth and success of 35-43
hero, need of xvii-xviii
literacy of population 37
Nelson's vision and love of xvii, xix-xx, 127, 206
19th Century idea of hero 70
orderliness of reflected in Navy 69-70
violence, culture of 36, 39-40
English Civil War xi, xii
Entreprenante
289, 309, 312
Euryalus
49, 50, 290, 294, 297, 300, 301, 304
Ferrol 80, 81, 85
Fielding, Henry 170
Flynn, Tom 144
Foote, Captain Edward 232
Formidable
10, 19, 277, 282, 283
Foudroyant
95, 96, 121
Fougueux
19, 157, 215, 222, 225, 229, 257, 262, 264, 302
France 34-5, 43
Fremantle, Betsey 101-2, 103-5, 312-13
Fremantle, Thomas 25, 201
ambition 312-13
books 105-6
Brest blockade 100
Calder, friendship with 85
class 102
England, love of 206
family life 103-5
Henry Rice, argument with 106-14
honour 116, 117-18
Nelson, relationship with 99, 206, 313
personality 100-1, 102, 103, 108, 110, 111, 114, 116, 117-18, 312, 313
prizes 103
Tenerife, wounded at 103-4
Trafalgar, action at 130, 205, 236-7, 279
Trafalgar storm 311, 312-13
wife 101-2, 103-4, 105, 312
youth at sea 100
French Mediterranean fleet 22, 79, 84, 86
French National Convention 1792 286
French Navy:
attempt to invade Britain 73
authoritarian pattern of 45
blockaded in ports 74-5
Brest squadron 22, 28, 29, 30, 74, 84, 85, 179
Cape Finisterre 85-6
consistently defeated by British Navy 20
effect of Revolution upon 23, 30-3
18th Century strategic position 182
Grand Strategy 75-8
inbuilt sense of inferiority 224
lack of deep water ports 73-4
lack of effective central board of control 20-1
number of ships 23
officer corps, aristocratic 23, 24, 25-33, 45
poor condition of fleet 19-20, 85-6
supply system, poor 21, 22-3, 29
Toulon fleet 28, 29, 75, 78, 131
Trafalgar, casualties 302-3
Trafalgar, limps onto battlefield 34
Villeneuve breaks out of Toulon and sails to West Indies 78-81,
82
,
83
, 84-5
see also
Combined Fleet
French Revolution xiii, 19, 23, 30-5, 43, 123, 284-7
Galissonière, Admiral de la 168-9
Galles, Admiral Morard de 31
Ganges
104, 109, 110, 111, 112
Ganteaume, Admiral 22, 75
Généreux, Le
95-6, 97, 98
George III, King 38, 72, 124
George IV, King 269
Gibraltar
61
Gillespie, Alexander 316-17
Gilly, Frederick 61
Glorious First of June, 1794 181, 249
Gloucester
140-1, 143-4
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 286
Grandallana, Don Domingo Perez de 183-4
Graves, Robert 317
Gravière, Julien de la 201
Gravina, Vice Admiral Federico Carlos 16-17, 18, 48, 79, 87, 276, 293, 303-4
Grenville, Lord 116-17
Griffiths, Captain 55
Grindall, Richard 288
Guillaume Tell
121, 233
Hamilton, Emma 5-6, 85, 118, 125, 149, 153-4, 191, 196, 203, 233, 265, 267, 271, 272
Hamilton, Sir William 272
Hardinge, Lieutenant George 120-2
Hardy, Captain Thomas 88
Nelson, friendship with xvi, 90, 203, 266-7
severe disciplinarian 139
TRAFALGAR
attempts to convince Nelson to conceal his stars 91
effect upon 290, 291
Nelson's death, presence at 266-7, 270-1, 274, 300
Nelson's fatal wounding, presence at 254-5
remains on deck as Nelson is carried below 258, 259, 266
tactics and fighting 202, 203, 241-2, 245, 246, 259, 262
tours decks of
Victory
90-1
Hargood, Captain Edward 163, 293
Harrowby, Lord 12
Harvey, Captain Eliab 91, 260
Harwood, Captain 215
Hawke, Admiral 179-80, 186, 192
Hazlitt, William 194
Hennah, Lieutenant William 230, 295-7, 300
Henry V
125-7, 164
Hermione
4, 46, 304
hero:
Achilles as servant of state, Nelson becomes 7
commercial sense of English 173-4
death of 251-3, 272-4, 314
England grieves for Nelson 314
England's need of xvii-xviii, 191-2
English 18th Century idea of 164-6, 169-71
English 19th Century idea of 70, 171-5
humanised 267
inheritance of Achillean and Virgilian models xviii-xix, 206, 235
leadership by example and 240
manliness and 172, 174-5, 192-3
Nelson's conception of himself as a xvii
Nelson's turbulence as a 192
Nelsonian xvii, 170-2, 180, 192
passion for suddenness and concept of 174-5
politeness and 166-8, 171, 172
Pride and Prejudice
's vision of 172-3
violence of 19th Century 215
Wordsworth imagines himself a naval 191-2
Hervey, Lord Augustus 165-6, 177
Homer xix, 120, 284-5, 317
honour 93
battle validates 118-19
Combined Fleet commanders loss of at Trafalgar 276-87
in exposure to violence 240
mutations of meaning throughout 18th Century 114-16
Nelson's sense of 116-18, 120-2
Royal Naval officers sense of middle age concept of chivalry and 122-7
social and financial insecurity of British officers deeply connected to sense of 102-3, 106-14
Trafalgar, importance of maintaining at 114
Trafalgar, theatrical role of 162-3 224
Hood, Admiral Lord 22, 24
Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem 28
Hoste, William 120
Howard, Luke 70
Howe, Admiral 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 186, 192, 197